Tom Valentine
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Tom Valentine is a Series A investor in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Secret Escapes has seen explosive growth since its formation in 2010, with turnover forecast to hit £100m in 2014. Tom Valentine, alongside his co-founder and CEO Alex Saint, has catapulted Secret Escapes into a well-known and respected brand in the UK, with a 60% net promoter score and 95% post-stay satisfaction. Much of the company’s success isdown to a robust digital and TV acquisition framework, built and managed by Tom, which has allowed the company to confidently spend over £10m annually at a consistent, predictable and positive ROI. This has led to a profitable UK business and huge confidence in international expansion.Tom has scaled the team from less than 30 to over 100 across the UK, Germany, Sweden, Poland and the USA and recently secured GBP39m from Google’s venture arm to fuel global expansion plans.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Tom Valentine invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Financial Services 2 (40%)
- Information Technology 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Biopharma 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Series B 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
Investments
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| Founded by experienced finance and technology professionals we are uniquely designed to support UK businesses. Our Master Trust is regulated by The Pensions Regulator and the company has been awarded a 5-star rating by independent reviewers for the past three years.Although relatively new to the UK pension market, we are proven innovators andpotential future leaders of the industry. In June 2018 we were named Master Trust Offering of the Year at the European Pension Awards. In the last 12 months, we were also voted FinTech Innovation of the Year and overall winners at the Digital Leaders Awards, as well as winning three ‘The Rewards’ Pension and Payroll Industry awards in one night, including best Workplace Pension Provider.Our Employee app will transform the future of pension saving for a new generation. It allows users to pick and choose the most suitable investment funds, track their pension balance in real-time on their phone and increase contribution levels when they can afford to do so - engaging people with their pensions like never before.For more information please visit www.SmartPension.co.uk. | $19.6M / Series B / Jun 05, 2017 | ||
| Smart develops software designed to provide a range of pension services, including providing its own pension scheme and developing custom enterprise software for international markets. Their goal is to transform retirement, savings, and financial well-being for people of all ages all over the world. | $19.6M / Series B / Jun 05, 2017 | ||
| Small Pharma applies expert intellectual property design to guide academic discovery to commercial product. We operate a scalable model of outsourced drug development. We assemble specific expert teams to design and execute development programs with demonstrated track-records in all disciplines essential to their success. | $1.1M / Seed / Apr 10, 2017 | ||
| Founded by experienced finance and technology professionals we are uniquely designed to support UK businesses. Our Master Trust is regulated by The Pensions Regulator and the company has been awarded a 5-star rating by independent reviewers for the past three years.Although relatively new to the UK pension market, we are proven innovators andpotential future leaders of the industry. In June 2018 we were named Master Trust Offering of the Year at the European Pension Awards. In the last 12 months, we were also voted FinTech Innovation of the Year and overall winners at the Digital Leaders Awards, as well as winning three ‘The Rewards’ Pension and Payroll Industry awards in one night, including best Workplace Pension Provider.Our Employee app will transform the future of pension saving for a new generation. It allows users to pick and choose the most suitable investment funds, track their pension balance in real-time on their phone and increase contribution levels when they can afford to do so - engaging people with their pensions like never before.For more information please visit www.SmartPension.co.uk. | $4.3M / Series A / Jun 03, 2016 | ||
| Smart develops software designed to provide a range of pension services, including providing its own pension scheme and developing custom enterprise software for international markets. Their goal is to transform retirement, savings, and financial well-being for people of all ages all over the world. | $4.3M / Series A / Jun 03, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Tom Valentine invest in?
Tom Valentine invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Tom Valentine last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Tom Valentine closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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